Improvement in lanterns



c. H. LYMAN.

LANTERN. No.169,457. Patented Nov. 2, 1875.

diz v N.PETERS. PHOTO-UTHOQRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C,

UNITED. STATEs PATENT CFFIO'E.

CHARLES H. LYMAN, OF WEST MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE BRADLEYAND HUBBARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN LANTERNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,457, dated November2, 1875; application filed August 9, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. LYMAN, of West Meriden, in the county ofNew Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inLanterns; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,andrepresent in Figure 1 side view; Fig. 2, side view illustrating themethod of removing the globe.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of lanterns whichare constructed so that the globe may be easily removed for cleaning andother purposes; and it consists in constructing the top with a segmentalslot upon each side, substantially concentric to the pivots by which thebail is hinged, combined with a yoke or rods hinged to the base,extending up to and so that the upper ends will work in the said slots,and so that when the bail is turned upward, as for carrying the lantern,thesaid rods will be held in the higher part of the slot, and that whenthe bail is turned down the upper ends of the yoke may be turned back ordown in the said slots, so as to allowthe top to be removed from theglobe, and the globe from the base,

all as more fully hereinafter described.

A is the base, B the globe, C the top or cap, of substantially the usualform. The bail l) is pivoted to the top upon opposite sides, as at a,and in substantially the usual manner. In the top, upon the same sidesas the pivots, there is formed a slot, cl, substantially concentric withthe pivot c, and-extending about one-half of a circle, or an equivalenttherefor, commencing above and running around below the pivot. E is arod or yoke hinged to the base, one upon each side, as at 6, extendingup and hung into the said slots (2, the length of these rods or yokebeing such that when the cap is on the globe and the rods in the higherportion of the slot it will securely bind the parts together, and sothat when the yoke is turned back in the slot the cap may be raised, asdenoted in Fig. 2. The globe is set upon the base, and the cap upon thetop of the globe. Then the yoke is forced up the slots 01 into thepivot, as seen in Fig. 1. The bail is pivoted relatively to the saidslot, so that when the bail is raised, as in the position in Fig. 1, itwill tend to throw the upper ends of the yoke up and over into theirlocking positions, and that when so held the yoke cannot be released 5hence, when the lantern is being carried by the bail, there is nopossibility of the derangement of the parts, and the construction issuch that when desirable the parts maybe easily and readily separated.

I am aware of the patent of John A. Evarts, No. 1&9/734, and do not wishto be understood as claiming anything shown in said patent, my inventionbeing an improvement upon the said Evarts patent.

I claim- The combination of the base, globe, and cap of a lantern, thesaid cap constructed with the segmental slots d, and with a yoke or rodshinged to the base,and extending up and working in said slots,'and thebail D pivoted to the cap substantially concentric to said segmentalslots, substantially as specified.

CHARLES H. LYMAN. Witnesses:

CHAS. F. LINSLEY, HENRY E. J oHNs.

